Which mechanism causes increased conductivity when doping semiconductors with elements having extra valence electrons?

💡 Explanation

When doping semiconductors with elements having extra valence electrons, shallow donor states are created near the conduction band leading to band gap narrowing because the loosely bound electrons can be easily excited into the conduction band. Therefore increased conductivity results, rather than other effects which either reduce conductivity or require different doping conditions.

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